Fifteen minutes of fireworks will be displayed at 7 locations and many flower markets will open for the coming lunar New Year (Tet holiday) in HCM City.

Under programmes approved by the HCM City People’s Committee, the City’s Nguyen Hue road will be decorated with flowers carrying themes of integration and development.

The Tet cake festival will be held at the Hung Kings Monument, the Ho Chi Minh Museum, and the Ton Duc Thang Museum.

The roads of Nguyen Hue, Le Loi, Dong Khoi, and Le Duan, and Chi Lang Park will be highlighted with colours from December 17, 2010 to January 4, 2011.

Other art events will also be performed at the New Year festival.